We’ve gathered here together. . . Ack. Wrong speech. I can honestly say that’s one of the few things I didn’t fear while speaking to a large crowd in Ohio last week: Opening up my mouth and having all the wrong words come out. Also not worried about? Laughing uncontrollably and inappropriately, a fear that […]
In the Air Again
After a ton of air travel – a couple of years where I was intimately familiar with the contributing writers for Delta’s Sky magazine Oh good! Another piece by Daza Moskowitz Grumdahl! She’s like a sister to me! – I just completed an eight-month no-fly streak. I didn’t realize I had been grounded for so […]
LeBron, Dear, We Need to Talk
You don’t know me so let me introduce myself. I’m a middle-aged white lady who doesn’t know much about sports, but I’m a typical American sports fan in that I’m a middle-aged white lady who doesn’t know much about sports. I don’t know a run-and-gun from a Hail Mary (oh, wait, that’s football, right?) but […]
Am I the Only One Who Hates Funny Flight Attendants?
Don’t get me wrong. There are few places that couldn’t use a little more humor. I’m all for funny people, even the obnoxious ones. If you had to choose between saying something offensive but hilarious to me, and just keeping your mouth shut, go ahead and let ‘er rip. There are exceptions, however, and they […]
Dear 13-Year-Old Me, Girlfriend Please
I’ve reconnected with so many of my childhood hometown friends, that I’m being constantly reminded of two things: I look the same as I did when I was in middle school. I am nothing like I was when I was in middle school. When I’m forced to think back to 1971, all I can think […]
Buying My Youth on Twitter
I’m at an awkward age. Young enough to cringe at fogey talk, but too old to recognize when I’m doing it myself. It helps that I have a husband who, when he reads one of my blogs that starts to enter old crank territory, will yell in to me, “Hey, Andy Rooney! You rock.” So, […]